Today is Monday, August 21st, the 233rd day of the year . There are 132
days remaining until the end of the year.
HOLIDAYS and OBSERVANCES National Catfish Month,
National Golf Month, National Picnic Month, Peach Month,
Romance Awareness Month, National Friendship Week,
Senior Citizen’s Day
CELEBRITY BIRTHDAYS
Melvin Van Peebles, 91, actor/director
Loretta Devine, 74, actress and singer
Archie Griffin, 69, football player
B.J. Upton, 39, baseball player
Usain Bolt, 37, sprinter
Jody Meeks, 36, basketball player
HISTORIC BIRTHDAYS
Count Basie, 119, pianist/composer/bandleader (d. 1984)
Wilt Chamberlain, 87, basketball legend (d. 1999)
Clarence Williams III, 84, actor d. 2021
DEATHS
George Jackson, 1971, activist (b. 1941)
ON THIS DATE IN…
1831 – Nat Turner leads black slaves and free blacks in a rebellion.
1927 – The 4th Pan-African Congress meets in New York City.
1961 – Motown releases what would be its first #1 hit, “Please Mr. Postman” by
The Marvellettes.
1968 – James Anderson, Jr., posthumously receives the first Medal of Honor
to be awarded to an Afro American U. S. marine.
1989 – The Atlanta NAACP office is tear gassed.
2000 – Tiger Woods wins golf’s PGA Championship to become the first golfer
since Ben Hogan in 1953 to win 3 majors in a calendar year. He ties the to-par
record for the PGA (-18) with Bob May, and wins in a playoff.
HOROSCOPE
Your sign’s paired element is fire and as a Leo, you have the most cardinal connection with the element. As if powered by a strong flame, passion and enthusiasm seems to burn inside you whenever you are confronted with a challenge or new task. Your flame never falters, as it drives you to accomplish your goals, even in the face of great adversity. The positive qualities of fire are numerous, but be weary of fire’s negative qualities, which include impatience and impulsiveness.
